...Visual Art Anthony Rega ARTS/230 July 19, 2014 Monique Derr Visual Art Visual art is appreciated by more than just the artsy type. Visual art is an expression of creativity, communication, and beauty. Many other forms of art also express creativity, but Visual art differentiates from these forms in that it also serves other purposes, such as communication and is left open to interpretation. The value of visual art goes beyond the price tag on it. Visual art has been valued by cultures for recording traditions. There are many influences on how visual art is interpreted. Visual Art Depending on the style or form, art can be appreciated by every viewer. “Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” (Godard, 2014). Within the brain, humans have two lobes, one controlling the left side of the body, the right lobe, which is considered to be the logic side, and one controlling the right side of the body, the left lobe, which is considered to be the creative side. With that being said, everyone has a creative side. Regardless of the ability to express creativity, everyone is influenced by it. Visual art is a general form of art that covers art that is physically seen, such as Paintings, Sculptures, and Photography. Human beings are visual beings, if someone says “big, black dog” we do not visualize the spelling of the words, but we conceive the physical attributes of a big, black dog in our mind. However, visual art does the opposite, it conceives the...
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...many different types of contents and can take many different forms. The content and form can influence our perception of what art is or what can be considered as art. Two poems that capture the concept of content and form and how it influences what we see as art are: “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams and “l(a” by E.E. Cummings. Williams’s poem really captures the essence of how simple the content can be but at the same time, captures the essence of how meaningful simple content can be. Simple content, written by Williams, refers to content that is about quotidian things or objects in our everyday lives. In the case of this poem, the quotidian object is the wheelbarrow. This shows that anything can be art. In Cummings’s...
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...Visual Art Anthony Rega ARTS/230 July 19, 2014 Monique Derr Visual Art Visual art is appreciated by more than just the artsy type. Visual art is an expression of creativity, communication, and beauty. Many other forms of art also express creativity, but Visual art differentiates from these forms in that it also serves other purposes, such as communication and is left open to interpretation. The value of visual art goes beyond the price tag on it. Visual art has been valued by cultures for recording traditions. There are many influences on how visual art is interpreted. Visual Art Depending on the style or form, art can be appreciated by every viewer. “Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” (Godard, 2014). Within the brain, humans have two lobes, one controlling the left side of the body, the right lobe, which is considered to be the logic side, and one controlling the right side of the body, the left lobe, which is considered to be the creative side. With that being said, everyone has a creative side. Regardless of the ability to express creativity, everyone is influenced by it. Visual art is a general form of art that covers art that is physically seen, such as Paintings, Sculptures, and Photography. Human beings are visual beings, if someone says “big, black dog” we do not visualize the spelling of the words, but we conceive the physical attributes of a big, black dog in our mind. However, visual art does the opposite, it conceives the...
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...The development of a voice starts with other's opinions and the impact they make on you that being negative or positive, to develop a strong artistic voice an artist must draw from several opinions aside from their own. There is no one singular person to choose to prepare for preparation in a creative career path, little things from each person in life artist and surrounding influencing people is preparation, art is about making an impact with your own voice and opinions, people mold and change those ideas as they help create individual opinions which can be expanded on. There is no one person to choose which can prepare one for a creative career path, preparation comes from many people, opinions and lessons taught through trial and error....
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...performance, it conveys an arousing emotion to Edna soul. The observation of the artist Mademoiselle Reisz reader’s examines the aspects in several ways, being a single woman during that era, in which she lived, having a profession and as a friend. A brief description of her life one can say that she is living single during a time the expectation of men is women are to marry having spouses support. Generally speaking, the author’s interpretations of this character symbolize a time in history whenever women chase professions they expect one to be single. As a result, life for her produces a personality trait of offensiveness and having little respects for others. However, her physiques, age, being an older woman and displaying pride suggest the writer implies an artist’s path of sacrifice entitles her to act in such a manner....
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...new thing, it’s been going on regularly at least since the 1850s (Volz, 1991). Since music began, there is always someone trying to silence or censor something! Plato said “rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul”. Music is art and art in all its forms has always been prone to censorship, usually because of the desire of artists to extend the boundaries of taste and challenge authority (2005) crystal ref encyclopedia Even though music censorship is no new thing and it has been around since the beginning of music, it is not right. I totally reject music censorship! The problem is always with the words. Words are lyrics and with those words artists creatively express their emotions, experiences, thoughts and feelings .Consequently creating an aesthetic quality, transforming words into lyrics. There is nothing more powerful than the written word. Talk is cheap but “words”- words are magic , words are deep. Words are the foundation of history, of feelings, of intrigue. Words teach, words punish. Words give you a release. Words are wonder. Words are weapons. Words can soothe and words can kill ! Words are the symbols that represent truth. Words bring accomplishment. Words bring things into being. Words are the written of what a person is seeing. Words create, they sedate, they equate, they elaborate and they dictate. Words instigate. Words are a walkway of fate. Words are uncountable. Their worth – insurmountable. Words are everywhere ! They can...
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...Carnatic Music: A dying art form Structured Languages Assignment Report Ryan Rodricks ( WE School MIM IV – Roll no 67) Carnatic Music: A dying art form | 1 Table of Contents 1. Executive summary ............................................................................................ 2 2. Secondary study ................................................................................................. 4 Origin ................................................................................................................. 4 Nature ................................................................................................................. 6 Sources ............................................................................................................... 6 3. Design of survey ................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Goal of the survey ......................................................................................... 7 3.2 Sample (Demographics) ................................................................................ 7 3.3 Questions ...................................................................................................... 7 3.4 Survey collection details ............................................................................... 8 4. Questionnaire ..................................................................................................... 9 5. Data collection...
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...opinions, and even questions may come to mind. While many of these concepts tend to be positive, the majority of people aren’t familiar with this world of technology because they don’t encounter reproductive complications that would lead them to even consider it. A common fear for young couples is the possibility of being infertile—that is, unable to get pregnant after one year of regular, unprotected sex. (Teague) In women over 35 years old, infertility is defined as no pregnancy resulting after just six months of regular sex. (WebMD) Both men and women can be equally affected by this condition, but it doesn’t mean they can’t have kids; of the 15% of infertile couples,...
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...Art of Change: New Directions from China and The Discourse of the Ridiculous and the Sublime. Art of Change: New Directions from China, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 7th September 2011 to 9th December 2012. While long regarded as two ends of the spectrum, the Sublime and the Ridiculous have never been seen as two aspects that are inherently irreconcilable. The Ridiculous, when utilized effectively, is able to assist in perpetuating the sublime despite their disparate natures. The Ridiculous in art has the ability to probe sublimities that deal with transcendence and venturing beyond liminal boundaries. However, the relationship between the Sublime and the Ridiculous must be one of careful consideration as when construed inappropriately, the ridiculous nature of an artwork can overblow and nullify the Sublime, rendering it as purely ridiculous in its entirety, displaying the precarious nature between the Sublime and the Ridiculous and how “one step above the sublime makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime” The discourse on the relationship between the Ridiculous and the Sublime of this essay will start with the works of Chinese artist Duan Ying Mei that are located early in the exhibition, Art of Change: New Directions from China. Duan’s Sleeping, 2004/2012 (Fig.1), a performance installation of a live performer silently sleeping on a white shelf elevated high up on a gallery wall. Exhibiting in the same space is also Duan’s In between...
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...What does art mean to me? When I think of art, my culture is the first thing that comes to mind. I see our awesome designs, our baskets that hold g’ima:w (medicine) and prayers. I think of carving hazel sticks for our stick games. My people have been playing this game since the beginning of time. I think of our creation stories, and all of the pictures we have telling them. There is just so much that comes to mind, being that our whole essence is derived from art. As a Hupa tribal member, my whole life has been centered on art. From the way we dance to the way we make baskets. Art is the way we express our feelings, our surroundings, and our history. That is why we are so emotionally attached to our regalia. From when it‘s started to when it’s finished. Every single element stands for a prayer or medicine, so when the regalia is worn in ceremony, the prayers and medicine contribute to the dance. Then there are our stories, we use art to tell stories, and forever have recorded our history this way. Many cultures around the world use art to express emotions, record history, or to just enhance the communities. I consider myself an artist. I find art to be relaxing and it is one thing I am most comfortable with. It just comes naturally to me. If I could draw this paper on what I believe art to be, I could whip it out like nothing. It would look like a world full of prospects and it would symbolize everything I am trying to say in one picture, but unluckily, I have to use words...
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...spectrum stood Apollo the God of moderation and knowledge, also the God of representational arts who we find " as an ethical deity, demands moderation from his followers and in order to maintain it, self knowledge". The Apollonian dictates; "know thyself" and "nothing to excess", in other words to experience oneself as a complete and self contained independent entity of sober character seems to contradict the Dionysiac call which invites us to do the opposite; to, as it were, forget the individual self by being excessive in order to embrace a group consciousness. Although initially apparently unsympathetic to Dionysiac...
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...sections folds back into. Since the acquisition of The Art of Shaving by world famous Procter & Gamble the straight razors have been making a comeback. Currently The Art of Shaving has a primary target market of males between the ages of 35-45. Normally they would be in a managerial or executive position with an income greater than $75,000. They tend to attract those who are very outgoing, authoritative, and fashion forward. The target social class is the upper middle class. Because the straight razor is such an old fashioned style of shaving there are very little substitutes in its niche market. Proctor and Gamble owns 80% of the much larger undifferentiated market with the brand name Gillette. Currently, The Art of Shaving is positioning itself to deliver upscale shaving products at nearly the most expensive prices. Due to the current marketing strategy and the current primary target group the buyers tend to be very complex, choose the higher end razors, and become infrequent buyers due to the length of time a straight razor lasts. They offer a Royal Shave service from master barbers in order to make recommendations and allow consumers to test their products. The straight razor overall is a much better product when compared to substitutes like the cartridge razor. With the straight razor you tend to get a much higher quality product and greatly reduce razor bumps and burns while allowing the skin to stay smooth and healthy. The Art of shaving also does a very good job of creating...
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...Pointless Art or Meaningful Symbols? Hipsters, rockers, goths, hippies and other similar modern trends all have one thing in common: tattoos. This obviously doesn’t mean that everyone who are dressed in the code of these trends have tattoos on them but most adults do. Now, many individuals, when they hear “tattooed people” might imagine a person with tattoo’s instead of sleeves but that’s going from one level of extreme to another. Tats can vary in different sizes; from small to big and from single tats to connecting them all together into an enormous one. Tattoos represent so many different things that it’s impossible to mention every single meaning. Some of the things that tattoos stand for are family, friends, unforgettable memories, meaningful quotes or pictures… So all permanent body art always has a meaning behind it otherwise it’s just a plain meaningless sketch with empty symbols. So if it represents someone’s character, why do they get judged or laughed at? Often people get discriminated for having ink on their bodies by many believers who either think that your body is a gift and you should keep it safe or they may believe that tattoos represent something evil or even satanic. Obviously, we shouldn’t really care what others say but at some point it may touch us in the sense of differing from others and making ourselves feel bad about our body. Yes, our body and our life is a wonderful gift that we should treasure but why should others care about what we...
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...Egyptian art Egyptian art remained unchanged while Greek art changed rapidly because of there beliefs in the afterlife. Egyptians believed that there life on earth was all about trying to get to the after life. They would have extravagant tombs with gold and gems to help get them to the afterlife. The Egyptians would put gold in the pyramids because it was unchanging it would help protect the body so the spirts would be able to come back to a mummified body and cross over to the afterlife. Egyptians believed that the spirt wouldn’t come back to a body that was altered or not intact. So the art in the pyramids had to all remain the same because there was no telling when the spirt would come back to reenter the body. The Egyptians were rooted in there old ways and were not willing to change they did have some outside influence in there style inevitably but most of there styles were unchanged because of the one single ruler the pharaoh he was rooted in the old way and with him being the ruler what he said went. The priest who were responsible for the fallow through of the pharaoh. They believed that there was Devine kingship and that was directly shown in there stagnate style of art. The pharaohs court laid down the standards applied throughout Egypt. Individual artist had very little opportunity to exercise there own inuegity by deviating from the accepted standard. The Egyptians would put face masks on the dead mummified bodies jewels rapped in the bandages and perfume on them...
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...Contrinia Gee HUM 211 Section 0901 Comparison Report There is many characteristics of early Christian art and music. Christian art and music became an important instrument of theology. Christian sculpture was second to painting and mosaics. Small-scale relief work was done on stone sarcophagi (coffins) and ivory panels. The subjects depicted were drawn from the Old and New Testaments. The earliest paintings of Christian art were done in catacombs. Christian music roots itself in Jewish worship. There were two kinds of music which were responsorial and antiphonal. Musical accompaniment of any kind was prohibited. Islamic art was not the art of one particular group of people or that of one country. It was associated with the life of one person, Muhammad, and the teachings of one book, the Quran. Islamic art and music was a fusion of many different cultures. The most influential were Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. At first, art was not encouraged due to the fact that Islam opposes idol worship. Palaces and mosques were built in the late seventh century. They were rectangular in plan, with an open court, and a fountain in the center used for purification. There were covered walkways, with flat roofs supported on columns and arches. They led to the side, on which is located the mihrab, a small niche indicating the side facing Mecca. Decoration was made of tile and stucco and either modeled in low relief or is built up in layers that are often cut away to create the effect of...
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